#!/usr/bin/perl -w
package PLCFuncs;
sub calcTot { "The total is 10 PLCs" };

package PPDFuncs;
sub calcTot { "The total is 42 PPDs" };

package Generic_Funcs;
use strict;
use Carp qw(croak);

=head2 C<calc_totals KIND>

Returns the calculated total. The kind is either
C<PPD> or C<PLC>.

=cut

use vars qw(%calcTotals);
%calcTotals = (
    PLC => \&PLCFuncs::calcTot,
    PPD => \&PPDFuncs::calcTot,
);

sub calculate_totals {
    my ($kind) = @_;
    croak "Unknown kind '$kind'" unless exists $calcTotals{ $kind };
    my $calcTot = $calcTotals{$kind};
    $calcTot->();
};
package main;
use strict;
for my $kind (qw(PPD PLC)) {
    print "Totals for $kind\n";
    print Generic_Funcs::calculate_totals($kind), "\n"
};